The future of the web – should government control what we can and can’t access or should we have a choice? Recently David Cameron announced that he wished to introduce a ‘default web filter’ with the help from internet service providers to stop pornography being...
2013 has seen a lot of changes from Google in terms of their search algorithm and their place in the smartphone market, so what can we expect from Google in 2014? Googles KitKat and App Indexing Google's latest version of mobile operating system Android will be named...
What is a Content Management System (CMS)? A content management system (or CMS) can be thought of as a package that provides functionality allowing website owners to post website content in an easy to use and convenient way. The most popular free / open source CMS are...
Why consider Twitter? When I talk to friends that aren’t yet on Twitter, they tend to respond with ‘Why would I want to know what some celebrity has had for breakfast’. Although this may be the case with some accounts on Twitter, there is a vast ocean of potential...
Things to consider with Monetisation and affiliate programs In the last few blogs you should have got a basic understanding on affiliate schemes and how they work as well as enabling Ads on your website through Google AdSense and YouTube partnership. Monetising your...
Monetisation using affiliate programs such as Amazon Now that we have covered how to sign up for AdSense and how to embed the Ads on your website, we can talk about affiliate partnerships/programs. You might look at affiliate partnerships and immediately think 'spam'...
Integrating Ads into your website Now that we have signed up for Google AdSense, we can start to put some of these into actionto your website. For this example, we will be using WordPress widgets. If you don't use WordPress, don't panic! If you use Joomla, you can use...
Why consider monetisation? If you are like me, you like to blog about your experiences and help people with any knowledge that you have gained as a result of your own interests. Wouldn't it be nice if you could make a bit of money from this as well as writing about...
Location based services and Foursquare More and more people are signing up to location based services such as Foursquare, picking up discounts for regular visits to certain locations, badges for stopping by participating businesses and being able to track your past...
Key factors when considering a web host When you have a new website in mind, it's easy to overlook the importance of using a good web host to actually load your website onto. There are many hosts available to choose from, some offer hosting only, while offers offer...